The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) is threatening to drag its suspended president, Ibrahim Shehu Gusau to the Nigerian anti-graft agencies, the EFCC and the ICPC for possible forgery over the five year deal signed with sports wear manufacturers, PUMA, Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report. ... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo The ministry of youth and sports development has advised acting president of Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, Olamide George to see his position as a call to service and not an opportunity to build personal empire, Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report The Federal Governmen... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo The federal ministry of youth and Sports, has remphaized it's statutory supervisory mandate over all sports federations in the country, Bestschoicesports.comng can report. The ministry made the clarification following a release by factional members of suspended former Athlet... Read more...
The Secretary General of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA), Mr Lamine Faty, is in Nigeria purely on routine inspection of the High Performance Centre in Port Harcourt and not because of development in the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN). Suspended AFN President, Engineer Ibrahim... Read more...
By Our Correspondent Former president of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Solomon Ogba has resigned from membership of the federation's boars citing constitutional disregard and interference in the activities of the AFN, Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report. In a release Monday signed by... Read more...
By Our Correspondent The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) is allegedly enmeshed in another $150,000 scandal as grant received from World Athletics to assist the Federation in the hosting of the 21st African Championships in Athletics held in Asaba in August 2018, which remains unaccount... Read more...
By Our Correspondent The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) has confirmed that it has received in full a payment it mistakenly lodged into the account of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report A spokesperson for the IAAF, according... Read more...
By Our Correspondent In a swift move to ensure that the inglorious performance of Team Nigeria in the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championship in Doha, Qatar does not reoccur, the as ministry of youth and sports has removed the Athletic Federation of Nigeria, AFN Technical Director, Sunday Adeleye... Read more...
Investigation has revealed that a co-opted member of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, is in connection with stripping of Olatoye Oyesade few months after winning gold at the 2019 African Games in Morocco, Bestchoicesports.com.ng understand It was gathered that the member (nam... Read more...
By Our Correspondent Determined to rebrand Nigeria's battered image in global athletics, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, Wednesday approved funds to repay IAAF, for the excess fund the World Athletics body mistakenly transferred to Nigeria, bestchoicesports.com.ng can ... Read more...